diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
index d3e412b85c..c73d9bbd32 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ export function useTextPreviewWidget(
           widgetValue.value = typeof value === 'string' ? value : String(value)
         },
         getMinHeight: () => options.minHeight ?? 42 + PADDING,
-        serialize: false,
         read_only: true
       },
       type: inputSpec.type
     })
+    widget.serialize = false
     addWidget(node, widget)
     return widget
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.test.ts b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.test.ts
index 50a6ef8217..4640bd4b5c 100644
--- a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.test.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,30 @@ describe('migrateWidgetsValues', () => {
     const result = migrateWidgetsValues(inputDefs, widgets, widgetValues)
     expect(result).toEqual(['first value', 'last value'])
   })
+  it('should correctly handle seed with unexpected value', () => {
+    const inputDefs: Record<string, InputSpec> = {
+      normalInput: {
+        type: 'INT',
+        name: 'normalInput',
+        control_after_generate: true
+      },
+      forceInputField: {
+        type: 'STRING',
+        name: 'forceInputField',
+        forceInput: true
+      }
+    }
+
+    const widgets = [
+      { name: 'normalInput', type: 'number' },
+      { name: 'control_after_generate', type: 'string' }
+    ] as Partial<IWidget>[] as IWidget[]
+
+    const widgetValues = [42, 'fixed', 'unexpected widget value']
+
+    const result = migrateWidgetsValues(inputDefs, widgets, widgetValues)
+    expect(result).toEqual([42, 'fixed'])
+  })
 })
 
 describe('compressWidgetInputSlots', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
index 898b3ef237..c5f9d49fd9 100644
--- a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
@@ -112,23 +112,17 @@ export function migrateWidgetsValues<TWidgetValue>(
   const originalWidgetsInputs = Object.values(inputDefs).filter(
     (input) => widgetNames.has(input.name) || input.forceInput
   )
-  // Count the number of original widgets inputs.
-  const numOriginalWidgets = _.sum(
-    originalWidgetsInputs.map((input) =>
-      // If the input has control, it will have 2 widgets.
-      input.control_after_generate ||
-      ['seed', 'noise_seed'].includes(input.name)
-        ? 2
-        : 1
-    )
+
+  const widgetIndexHasForceInput = originalWidgetsInputs.flatMap((input) =>
+    input.control_after_generate
+      ? [!!input.forceInput, false]
+      : [!!input.forceInput]
   )
 
-  if (numOriginalWidgets === widgetsValues?.length) {
-    return _.zip(originalWidgetsInputs, widgetsValues)
-      .filter(([input]) => !input?.forceInput)
-      .map(([_, value]) => value as TWidgetValue)
-  }
-  return widgetsValues
+  if (widgetIndexHasForceInput.length !== widgetsValues?.length)
+    return widgetsValues
+
+  return widgetsValues.filter((_, index) => !widgetIndexHasForceInput[index])
 }
 
 /**